Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[JD]

If we don't sign any more players I wonder if they will sell some of the seats on the bench to fans. Imagine having a season ticket on the bench.  :-

[peter w]

At the start of last season I, and many others, predicted a 6th place finish. Others 5th, 7th, 8th. So, you cannot say we did better than expected.

Freiedel is better than Carson so the points dropped in the keeping department have been addressed. Hopefully. Davies and Laursen are the long-term centre-halves and for me Sidwell is a Mortimer type player giving us what our erstwhile captain did with his box to box work for years.

We need to fill other areas. But it is obviously harder than it used to be with the amount of people now involved in the negotiations and the strength of the players in the negotiations. Also, selling clubs knowing that we need full-backs will hold out for every last penny.

On top of that clubs seeing our stance on Barry will use it against us. Luke Young (shudders) is a case in point. Boro will say 'X is our price and we're sticking to it'.

The transfers will come. But, in the day of the internet we are watching all day whereas previously we'd here a rumour that a player is at the club via the radio/newspaper and then find out a player has signed or not.

We need a right-back before next Saturday otherwise we will have to start the match with the England U-21 right-back in place. Or, NRC. If MON thinks those two can do a job until the right-back comes in from wherever, then fair enough. He proved last season that his judgement is fine and I am not sure why we are not trusting his judgement again. If he thinks Gardner and NRC aren't going to cope he will buy a player before next Saturday.

[BannedUserIAT]

Very philosophical, Peter.
Now, where's the REAL Peter?

[peter w]

Yes I'm peter w
I'm the real peter w
All the other peter ws
Are just imitating
So won't the real peter w
Please stand up
Please stand up


Right now for that fucking General thread...oh and the moderating here is shit...and (what else?)

[Legion]

Is it?

[peter w]

Oh, don't start. The tone is obvious.

[Legion]

I know. Just trying to be light-hearted.

[BannedUserIAT]

Good save, Leeg. But you WERE trying to put him back in his box.


 :smt002

I don't mind him in this mood. Wonder what he's on?
Maybe he got a long-overdue gobble?

[peter w]

I hate Legion.

[peter w]

Woah...just me and Leeg having a bit of fun at each other's expense...we've just breathed life back into the Golden Thread. Don't let it disappear now.

[dave.woodhall]

Anyone remember this?

[peter w]

*sniff*

Its like being on the Jeremy Kyle show and being reunited with my dad after 25 years.

[Villa'Zawg]

A timely reintroduction.

I'm worried we may not qualify for next season's Champions League competition.

[peter w]

All the eggs in one basket, MON falling out with the fans, pundits no longer seeing us as the chosen ones, the honeymoon is over.

Now for the long relationship between us and MON based on necessity and not knowing what to do without each other. Sure we both love each other but the bpassion has gone.

We could try and dress up a bit, and go on breaks to Dubai to try and instil what we once had, but deep down we know the damage has been done.

Its sad when a relationship gets to this point and neither of us knows how it happened, why it happened, and where that love went. But sure enough it did go.

Either one can be brave and make the final decision, and hey fellas, its unlikely to be us, eh? So, we'll just keep plodding along. having our ups and downs - more downs probably until we're too old to be able to do anything about it, or until we have our heads turned elsewhere and feel that love again. or will it be just lust. The silly old fools that we are.

Aye, these rocky relationships are hard to endure.

[brian green]

I started to worry about Villa's future in those last four torrid minutes against Stoke.

In those minutes I crossed the bridge between the unswerving trust in our manager to having serious doubts about his managerial eccentricities.